Re: 5250 and X11 capable thin clients -- MIDRANGE-L

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, James H H Lampert wrote:

Seriously?!  I've never heard of a twinax terminal that does X11 (or
XDMCP.)  How do you get the server to talk to a twinax device?  Did IBM
make a twinax controller for unix? OR do you use the iSeries as a
go-between?


Uh, I saw nothing in the original post to imply a requirement for both X11
and 5250 capability in the same device. Was I mistaken?

I take it "X11" is some sort of X-terminal standard?

I'm sorry, I thought it was clear. Yes, I'm looking for a single device that does both 5250 and X11. I suppose just X11 would work since they could use one of the many fine emulators that run on linux. I was just thinking it would be nice to have 5250 already built in.

What I really want is something that does XDMCP so that on boot it simply shows a login screen for the linux server. I could do this with boot disks/floppies on old PCs but a tiny little box would be nicer.

James Rich

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